Cold air is good. Hot air is bad. Every gearhead, young and old, is familiar with this line of thinking. We buy hoodscoops, cold-air intakes, and all other manner of contraptions to help feed our ...

Yet another methanol flash fire has occurred with injuries when a high school teacher was demonstrating the “rainbow” flame test (C&EN, Nov. 9, 2015, page 6). While “rainbow” demonstrations have been ...

Turning "waste" natural gas that's now simply flared off at many oil wells into useful ethanol and methanol – and at an attractive price -- is now possible, thanks to technology developed by a ...